Louisiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Terrebonne Parish Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Terrebonne Parish pays $836 a year, an effective rate of 0.45%, far below the U.S. average.
- $836
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.45%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -58%
- vs U.S. average
- #29 of 64
- rank in LA
The verdict
Homeowners in Terrebonne Parish pay a median $836 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.45%, more affordable than 89% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $836
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.45%
- Effective rate on median home
- #359 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -58%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($187,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Louisiana. Population: 106,186. Owner-occupied homes: 31,734.
The median annual property tax in Terrebonne Parish is $836, which is 29% lower than the Louisiana state average and 58% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.45% on a median home value of $187,200. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
Terrebonne Parish's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Terrebonne Parish's 0.45% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 89%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Terrebonne Parish pay a median annual property tax of $836, far below the national median and well below the Louisiana state median. On a $187,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.45% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Terrebonne Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $64,836 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Louisiana counties by effective rate
Terrebonne Parish ranks #29 of 64 counties in Louisiana by effective rate (55% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Terrebonne Parish as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate held while the market moved
Terrebonne Parish sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 14.5% up, against a median home value that rose 20.3%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 37.7%, from $607 to $836.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 38% from $607 to $836. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 11,821 of 31,734 owner-occupied homes (37.3%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 1.3% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
33.8% of Terrebonne Parish homes owned free and clear (5,460 of 16,165) report no property tax at all, against 11.7% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Terrebonne Parish Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Terrebonne Parish homeowners, 11,821 of 31,734 owner-occupied homes (37.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 37.3% (11,821)
- $800 to $1,499 20.8% (6,593)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.0% (1,587)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.1% (2,244)
- $3,000 or more 7.0% (2,212)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
7,277 homes here (22.9%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Louisiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Terrebonne Parish pay a substantially higher bill, 53% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Terrebonne Parish's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Terrebonne Parish's effective rate is higher than 55% of the 64 counties in Louisiana - ranking #29 of 64.
Where Terrebonne Parish sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.45% Among the most affordable more affordable than 89% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Terrebonne Parish moved from $607 in the 2020 release to $836 in 2024, a change of about 38%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Terrebonne Parish vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Terrebonne Parish | Louisiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.3% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Terrebonne Parish is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Louisiana counties.
Terrebonne Parish rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $836 -1.9% | 0.45% |
| 2023 | $852 +4.7% | 0.45% |
| 2022 | $814 +10.7% | 0.47% |
| 2021 | $735 +21.1% | 0.46% |
| 2020 | $607 | 0.39% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Terrebonne Parish: tax takes only 1.3% of income
Counties near Terrebonne Parish's effective rate
On effective rate, Terrebonne Parish sits nearest Switzerland County (IN), Pulaski County (IN), Jefferson County (ID).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lee County (AL), Henry County (IN), Wheeler County (NE).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Terrebonne Parish: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,060 of 44,620 returns from Terrebonne Parish reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,045 - 33% of those reporters sat in the $200k+ AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Terrebonne Parish rate FAQs
- How does Terrebonne Parish property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Terrebonne Parish run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.45% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Terrebonne Parish?
- Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana scores B+ (78/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is income room at A+ (1.3%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What is the average property tax in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana?
- The median annual property tax in Terrebonne Parish is $836, an effective rate of 0.45% on a $187,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Terrebonne Parish?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Terrebonne Parish jumped 37.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $607 to $836, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Terrebonne Parish?
- Property taxes in Terrebonne Parish run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $64,836 median household income.
What to do with Terrebonne Parish's QUIET rate
Terrebonne Parish's $836 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.3% of Terrebonne Parish's $64,836 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Terrebonne Parish's QUIET effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.45%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $836/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Terrebonne Parish
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Terrebonne Parish (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Hampshire County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Terrebonne Parish at $836/yr; rate 0.38% vs Terrebonne Parish 0.45%.
Itawamba County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $835/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.59% vs Terrebonne Parish 0.45%.
Kent County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $835/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.68% vs Terrebonne Parish 0.45%.
Carroll County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $834/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.53% vs Terrebonne Parish 0.45%.
Taylor County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Terrebonne Parish on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (0.96% vs 0.45%).
Louisiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Louisiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Terrebonne Parish stamps QUIET · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Terrebonne Parish (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.